About Delmarva Media Group

Delmarva
Media Group publishes DelmarvaNow.com, The
Daily Times of Salisbury and multiple weekly publications on the Delmarva
Peninsula. It is committed to upholding the First Amendment, serving as a
catalyst for positive change in the community and serving readers and
advertisers on the lower Eastern Shore of Maryland, on the Eastern Shore of
Virginia and in Sussex County, Delaware.

The
Daily Times traces its origins back to 1886, when it began publication as The
Wicomico News, a weekly publication in Salisbury. It became the Salisbury Daily
Times on Dec. 3, 1923.

On
Oct. 22, 1967, it became The Daily Times. The Daily Times became a morning
publication on Oct. 2, 1989.

On
May, 31, 1996, owners of The Daily Times
purchased Atlantic Publications Inc., a group of 10 nondaily community
newspapers and vacationer guides from southern Delaware to Virginia's Eastern
Shore. These newspapers were the Delaware Coast Press, Delaware Wave,
Delaware Beachcomber, Maryland Beachcomber, Maryland Times Press, Virginia
Beachcomber, Chincoteague Beacon, Eastern Shore News, Worcester County
Messenger and Somerset Herald. The Ocean Pines Independent was added to
the newspaper group in June 1999. In January 2005, the Maryland Times Press and
the Worcester County Messenger merged to form the Worcester County Times.

On
July 23, 2000, the company became part of Gannett Co. Inc., one of the
nation’s leading news and information companies.

In
March 2002, DelmarvaNow.com was added. In
autumn 2012, Delmarva Media Group added a mobile app.

In
April 2014, DelmarvaNow.com was
overhauled, creating a better navigation experience for site visitors and a
better platform for playing news and sports videos.